Wire clip combining scarf and coat



Feb. 8, 1949. SJ. JUDGE WIRE CLIP COMBINING SCARF AND COAT Filed NOV. 19, 1946 JZmuBZ/J J INVENTOR.

Patented Feb. 8, 1949 more! STATES PATENT orsics Samuel J. Judge, Rochester, N. Y. p Application November 19, 1946, Serial No. 710,752

Overcoats are usually made with a short strap below the collar of the coat or on the yoke of the coat by which strap the coat can be hung up. A scarf or muffler is frequently worn about the neck in loose aggregation with the overcoat.

The object of this invention is to provide a wire clip that can be used to combine the scarf with the coat to hold the scarf in place on the overcoat and neck while the overcoat is being worn.

Another object of the invention is to provide the scarf with a buttonhole through which the strap on the overcoat can be drawn and interlocked therewith so that the scarf will be positively held in place on the overcoat while it is being worn.

Another object of the invention is to cut the scarf away on a curved. recess so that it will more accurately fit the neck when it is held in place on the overcoat with the wire clip which constitutes part of the subject matter of this invention.

Another object of the invention is to make the wire clip with two diverging arms, each of which carries a hook that opens outwardly and is adapted to engage under the strap of the overcoat and on top of the scarf and interlocks with the strap and the scarf to hold the two of them together.

Another object of the invention is to provide the wire clip with an eye in the central portion thereof by which it may be conveniently attached to the scarf and which increases the elasticity of the diverging arms of the clip.

These and other objects of the invention will be illustrated in the drawings, described in the specification and pointed out in the claims at the end thereof.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a view of the central part of the scarf with the ends broken away showing the buttonhole in the scarf with the wire clip fastened to the scarf with a strap.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the scarf and clip with an intermediate portion of each end of the scarf sectioned or broken away.

Figure 3 is a plan view of-the collar of the overcoat and the scarf interlocked therewith with the wire clip, the wire clip being shown in engagement with the strap of the overcoat, the scarf and collar of the overcoat being broken away at each end thereof.

Figure 4 shows a vertical section of the coat and scarf the section being on the line 4a., 4a; of Figure 3.

coat and 3 indicates the strap which is ordinarily provided on coats by which they may be hung up.

In the scarf 2 is formed a buttonhole 4 which buttonhole is present in the scarf shown in Figure 3, but is concealed by the strap 3, which strap is drawn forward through the buttonhole. The strap 3 is fastened at each end to the lower part of the collar or to the yoke of the coat just below the collar, and the part of the strap between the ends is left loose or free from the coat but ordinarily lies close against the coat.

The scarf is cut away at the neck on the lower side as indicated at 5 and the wire clip 6 is fastened to the scarf by a strap '5 as is indicated in Figure 1. This clip 6 is formed on one piece of wire which is bent on itself to form an eye 8 in the central portion of the clip. The two arms 9, 9 of the clip are bent to diverge downwardly at an angel from the eye and at the outer end of each arm a hook in is formed each of which hooks open outwardly from the center of the clip. Each arm and its hook is symmetrical with the other arm and is spread outwardly from the eye 8, the one arm and its hook being a duplicate of the other arm, the parts of each arm being arranged in reverse order to the parts of the other arm so as to be symmetrical therewith.

In'use this scarf is laid on the overcoat so that the buttonhole 4 of the scarf 2 is over the strap 3 and parallel to it. The strap 3 is then pulled through the buttonhole as is shown in Figures 4 and 5. The two hook-shaped ends Ii), I ll are then inserted under the strap andleft on top of the scarf as is shown in Figure 3 and 4. This positively fastens the scarf to the overcoat. When the overcoat is put on by the person wearing it, the scarf will be accurately placed with reference to the coat and the neck of the person wearing it so that the ends of the scarf can be brought forward over the shoulders and can be crossed over the chest of the person wearing the coat. If the scarf is cut away as shown at 5 in Figure 3, the scarf will more accurately fit the back of the neck and will not be gathered up or bunched up under the neck of the overcoat. When the coat is removed the scarf will be held in place on the coat ready to be worn again. By pressing the two ends of the clip together it can be removed longitudinally therein and located centrally there-oi, said muffler being disposed transverse the shoulder portion of a top coat with the hanging strap extended through the buttonhole therein from the rear thereof, and resilient means for engaging said hanging strap in an extended posi tion and in engagement with the mu filer buttonhole for the purpose described.

2. A muiller construction arranged for cooperation with the conventional hanging strap found in the neckband of a top coat comprising, an elongated mufller having a buttonhole formed longitudinally therein and centrally thereof, said mufiler being cut away to form a neck and shoulder space below said buttonhole; a wire clipv having an eye centrally thereof and having diverging arms terminating in hook ends, said clip eye having attachment to said mufiler below Said buttonhole, said mufier disposed tranverse the shoulder portion of a top coat with the hanging'strap extending through the buttonhole therein, and the hooked ends of said clip arms bein inserted under the hanging strap for the purpose of attaching said mufiler to the top coat.

3. A mufiler construction arranged for cooperation with the conventional hanging strap found in the neckband of a top coat comprising, an

elongated muffler having a buttonhole formed longitudinally therein and located centrally thereof, said buttonhole being of less overall length than the overall loop length of the hanging strap, said mufller being cut away to form a neck and shoulder space below said buttonhole, a resilient wire clip having an eye centrally thereof and arms diverging from said eye, hooked ends terminating each of said, diverging clip arms, a looped strap passing'tl'irough said clip eye and having connection with said muffler below said buttonhole, said mufller disposed transverse the shoulder portion of a top coat with the hanging strap extending forwardly through the buttonhole therein, and the clip being moved upwardly to lie on the front of the mufiler with the hooked ends of the diverging arms being inserted under the hanging strap to spread the strap beyond the ends of the buttonhole for the purpose of attaching the muffler to the top coat.

SAMUEL J. JUDGE.

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